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The 2003 “SESAC Country Music Songwriter of the Year”, Jerry Salley, is originally from Chillicothe, Ohio, and has been writing and singing in Nashville since 1982. To date, he has had over 300 songs recorded in his career, including the REBA McENTIRE smash “I’M GONNA TAKE THAT MOUNTAIN”. Other hits include “BREAKING NEW GROUND” (WILD ROSE/Universal Records), “I FELL IN THE WATER” (JOHN ANDERSON/BNA Records), “HOW DO YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT” (WADE HAYES/DCK/Columbia Records), and ten (10) top twenty gospel songs. He has had songs recorded by Toby Keith, Patty Loveless, Brad Paisley, Joe Nichols, Darryl Worley, The Whites, Loretta Lynn and many others. He is a six-time Dove Award nominee, having won a prestigious Dove for the 1990 Inspirational Song Of The Year “HIS STRENGTH IS PERFECT”, recorded by and co-written with STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN.
Partial Discography
REBA McENTIRE (“I’M GONNA TAKE THAT MOUNTAIN” & “CLOSE TO CRAZY”)
CATHERINE BRITT & ELTON JOHN (“WHERE WE BOTH SAY GOOD-BYE”)
MARK CHESNUTT (“A HARD SECRET TO KEEP”)
TOBY KEITH (“I KNOW A WALL WHEN I SEE ONE”)
JOE NICHOLS (“YOU CAN’T BREAK THE FALL”)
BRAD PAISLEY (“THE BEST THING THAT I HAD GOIN’”)
DARRYL WORLEY (“IS IT JUST US”/“I BUILT THIS WALL”/IF I COULD TELL THE
TRUTH)
TRAVIS TRITT (“SMALL DOSES”)
PATTY LOVELESS (“LOVE BUILDS THE BRIDGES”) THE WHITES (“IT’S NOT WHAT YOU KNOW BUT IT’S WHO YOU KNOW”)
THE OAK RIDGE BOYS (“YOU DON’T HAVE TO GO HOME”/”SAVING GRACE”/”HAY BABY”)
NEAL McCOY (“THAT’S NOT HER”) LORETTA LYNN (“HONKY-TONK LEAVE HIM ALONE” and “DON’T OPEN THAT DOOR”)
TRACY LAWRENCE (“IT’S GOT YOU ALL OVER IT”) CECE WINANS (“HIS STRENGTH IS PERFECT”) RHONDA VINCENT (“TROUBLE FREE” & “AN OLD MEMORY FOUND ITS WAY BACK HOME”)
THE OSBORNE BROTHERS (“YOU DON’T HAVE TO GO HOME”)
ALECIA NUGENT (“PAPER AND PEN”/“SOMEWHERE ELSE TO FALL”/“YOU’VE STILL GOT IT”/“BREAKING NEW GROUND”)
DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER(THERE’S A TREASURE IN HEAVEN”/“SAVING GRACE”/”THE CROSS ROAD”/”HE SATISFIES”)
THE DEL McCOURY BAND (“I NEVER KNEW LIFE”/”AIN’T NOTHING GONNA COME UP
TODAY”)
Numerous other nationally known country, gospel and bluegrass artists have also recorded Jerry’s songs, including:
IIIRD TIME OUT, THE SELDOM SCENE, MOUNTAINHEART, LONESOME RIVER BAND, DALE ANN BRADLEY, JEFF & SHERI EASTER, THE ISAACS, BRADLEY WALKER, NEWFOUND ROAD, WILDFIRE, TERRI GIBBS, KYLE PETTY, BARBARA FAIRCHILD, THE KINGSMEN, THE FLORIDA BOYS, THE MARTINS, DON RIGSBY, ROCK COUNTY, DAVID PETERSON & 1946, JAKE HESS, LORDSONG, THE RUPPES,THE OLD TIME GOSPEL HOUR QUARTET, THE HOPPERS, BRENT LAMB, WOODY LEE, GINA JEFFRIES, KAREN PECK, BRUCE CARROLL, MID-SOUTH, KELLY NELON-THOMPSON, THE NELONS, ADAM HARVEY, BECCY COLE, MARSHA THORNTON, MELBA MONTGOMERY, THE BISHOPS, THE WILBURNS, REBECCA LYNN HOWARD, WILCOX AND PARDOE, WENDY BAGWELL & THE SUNLITERS, MARGO SMITH, THE FOX BROTHERS, SUSI LUCHSINGER, VERN JACKSON, GARY STEWART, SHENANDOAH, “THE WALTONS FAMILY CHRISTMAS ALBUM”, and many others.
As an artist, Jerry has performed on numerous stage shows, including the honor of performing as a soloist many times on the world famous GRAND OLE OPRY. His television appearances include LATE NIGHT WITH DAVID LETTERMAN, REGIS AND KATHY LEE, NBC’S TODAY SHOW and several different TNN (THE NASHVILLE NETWORK) shows.
In addition to his Dove recognition from the Gospel Music Association, Jerry has received numerous awards from different associations for his songwriting accomplishments (IBMA, NSAI, SESAC, GOSPEL VOICE MAGAZINE, etc.).
Along with friends Carl Jackson and Larry Cordle, the trio (Cordle, Jackson & Salley) have recorded the song “You’re Running Wild” on the new Louvin Brothers Tribute on Universal South Records, which features numerous country music stars singing songs made famous by the legendary duo. Entitled
“Livin’, Lovin’, Losin’ - Songs Of the Louvin Brothers”, this project won the 2003 Grammy for Country Album Of The Year.
